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>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over two decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. the mclaughlin group is brought to you my metlife. guarantees for the if in life. ♪ [ music ] >>> it's the 28th annual mclaughlin group year end awards 2009 part 2. here's the master of ceremonies, john mclaughlin. >> destined for political stardom 2010. >> marco rubio, republican hero in the future. >> eleanor. >> we have a rom woman, meg wittman is tending to be governor of california and a democratic woman, maria pantwell, senator from washington state who is about to take the lead on climate change legislation in the u.s. senate. >> monica. >> i have three rising stars. on the right, marly. >> is she going to win? >> i think so. i think she has a very good shot. also the virginia governor. the new republican there, mcdonnel, and she has political aspirations of her own and she could be dynamite. >> to run for governor? >> yes. >> the political stars are going to be the republican congressional leaders who are
>>> from washington, the mclaughlin group. the american original. for over two decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. the mclaughlin group is brought to you my metlife. guarantees for the if in life. ♪ [ music ] >>> it's the 28th annual mclaughlin group year end awards 2009 part 2. here's the master of ceremonies, john mclaughlin. >> destined for political stardom 2010. >> marco rubio, republican hero in the future. >> eleanor. >> we...
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from washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. 3:25 on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking with anne kornblut, her book, "notes from the cracked ceiling." >> thank you for having me. host: you say that this is a letdown and drove apart mothers and daughters and setback the equality in the political sphere of decades, why? guest: there wasn't a bipartisan women's movement. and if you w'look what happene hillary clinton won a lot of women, and older women. but she split younger women. and when sarah palin was on the republican ticket, she was not able to bring over the democratic women or the independent women. so rather than being a ground swell of a women's movement, i look in the book that it splintered generationally across party lines. and elected officials, some who went for obama and some for clinton. host: when hillary clinton withdrew from the race. >> although we were not able to shatter that ceiling this time, thanks to you it has about 18 million cracks from it. and the light is shining through like never before filling us all with the hope a
from washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. 3:25 on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking with anne kornblut, her book, "notes from the cracked ceiling." >> thank you for having me. host: you say that this is a letdown and drove apart mothers and daughters and setback the equality in the political sphere of decades, why? guest: there wasn't a bipartisan women's movement. and if you w'look what happene hillary clinton won a lot of women,...
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there's a sense that change in washington hasn't come fast enough. there's a tidal wave of anger coming toward her that they miscalculated. they didn't respect the intensity of it and didn't respond quickly enough. the republican did, larry. >> larry: dana bash, what's the sentiment on the hill? is there a chance the house will pass the senate version and get this quicked passed by going to the senate and they'll approve it, they don't need 60 votes? >> reporter: it looks very, very unlikely this evening. i spoke to many how democratic lawmakers, and many said they don't see it possible. they personally would not vote yes, and all you need is a couple of house democrats to drop off. that throws that idea of the house passing the senate bill out the window. what is next? that is such a big question mark. house democratic leaders huddled in nancy pelosi's office a short while ago to watch the returns, and they're trying to figure out what to do with health care. there is no clearer path. all of the options are very, very bad when it comes to trying to
there's a sense that change in washington hasn't come fast enough. there's a tidal wave of anger coming toward her that they miscalculated. they didn't respect the intensity of it and didn't respond quickly enough. the republican did, larry. >> larry: dana bash, what's the sentiment on the hill? is there a chance the house will pass the senate version and get this quicked passed by going to the senate and they'll approve it, they don't need 60 votes? >> reporter: it looks very, very...
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washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the republicans did not do a day's work since they were in office. we are paying them some $100,000 per year to a creek. how many jobs did the republicans make? not one. guest: i think that he is emblematic of many people's an ger out there when they look at washington as a dysfunctional entity good with democrats and republicans. as a political strategist a think both karen are aware that the american public has increasingly desired fast results. it is one of the down sides of technology. people are looking for the instant reaction and also for the instant solut
washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the...
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and i'm ready to go to washington without delay! [cheers and applause] i also want to thank martha coakley for her call of congratulations. a hard contest is behind us. and now we must come together as a commonwealth. thank you, martha! [applause] as you know, this special election came about because we lost someone very, very dear to massachusetts and to america. senator ted kennedy was a tireless worker and a big-hearted public servant. and for most of his lifetime was a force like no other in this state. [cheers and applause] the first call i made was to his wife vicki. and i told her that his name will always command the affection and respect by the people of massachusetts. and i said we feel the same about her. [cheers and applause] there's no replacing a man like that. but tonight i honor the memory, and i pledge to be the very best and try to be a worthy successor to the late senator kennedy. and i said at the very beginning, when i sat down at the dinner table of my family that win or lose we would run a race which would mak
and i'm ready to go to washington without delay! [cheers and applause] i also want to thank martha coakley for her call of congratulations. a hard contest is behind us. and now we must come together as a commonwealth. thank you, martha! [applause] as you know, this special election came about because we lost someone very, very dear to massachusetts and to america. senator ted kennedy was a tireless worker and a big-hearted public servant. and for most of his lifetime was a force like no other...
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. >> this week on "inside washington," two prominent senate democrats announced their retirements. as a result, there is joy in talk radioville. >> these democrats drag the obama kool-aid, and they are committing political suicide. >> but are reports of their pending demise greatly exaggerated? >> i am less interested in passing and blamed than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately, the buck stops with me. >> the white house releases the report on the christmas day underwear bomber. it is not a happy tail. >> this is a winter of reckoning. >> governor's cry out in pain as they feel the effects of the battered economy. and guns in an nba locker room. no laughing matter. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- mark twain once came back to the united states from london and said the newspaper reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated. democratic leaders argue that is the case and washington following the news that two democratic senators and a democratic governor had decided not to stand for reelection. no
. >> this week on "inside washington," two prominent senate democrats announced their retirements. as a result, there is joy in talk radioville. >> these democrats drag the obama kool-aid, and they are committing political suicide. >> but are reports of their pending demise greatly exaggerated? >> i am less interested in passing and blamed than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately, the buck stops with me. >>...
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bill press, nationally syndicated talk show host and chris star walt from the washington examiner. let's start with michael jackson's death. huge pop star, seriously weird guy. the covers went on for two solid weeks. >> i remember you complaining about that. >> i'm still complaining about it. >> oi kachlt it went on for two years. yes, it was overkill. this was an icon of pop culture. i think that the country in a way needed the mourn. yes, it went on and on and went on too long. we're talking ratings here. the ratings went through the roof for this network. >> people were genuinely interested. michael jackson was the most googled term of last year. he was fascinating to generations of people. it's not a surprise he would get the coverage he got. >> my problem was the volume of the coverage. >> if there had been something major happening in the world -- >> there couldn't have been anything major happening. it was all blacked out. >> bill press, looking back in media terms, michael jackson's death was bigger than ted kennedy's passing and certainly walter cronkite's. >> i think the
bill press, nationally syndicated talk show host and chris star walt from the washington examiner. let's start with michael jackson's death. huge pop star, seriously weird guy. the covers went on for two solid weeks. >> i remember you complaining about that. >> i'm still complaining about it. >> oi kachlt it went on for two years. yes, it was overkill. this was an icon of pop culture. i think that the country in a way needed the mourn. yes, it went on and on and went on too...
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let's go to washington. governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania, has just come back from haiti accompanying 53 children from the orphanage in port-au-prince. how did this come about, ed? >> the brezhnev orphanage was run by two women out of pittsburgh. when the earthquake happened, they had to keep the kids outside, no sanitation, very little food and water. they called home and were connected with the wonderful pittsburgh medical center. they tried to get the ability to take them out, they couldn't do it. they called me, i couldn't get anywhere. then we saw the haitian ambassador being interviewed on cnn. so i called into the station and said, can you get a message from me to ambassador joseph? they did, the ambassador called me, he started the ball rolling. then we got great cooperation from the department of homeland security, immigration, the state department, the military was terrific. we got on a plane yesterday morning, monday morning, at 11:30 from pittsburgh. we reached the port-au-prince at a
let's go to washington. governor ed rendell, democrat of pennsylvania, has just come back from haiti accompanying 53 children from the orphanage in port-au-prince. how did this come about, ed? >> the brezhnev orphanage was run by two women out of pittsburgh. when the earthquake happened, they had to keep the kids outside, no sanitation, very little food and water. they called home and were connected with the wonderful pittsburgh medical center. they tried to get the ability to take them...
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and then so now washington, in washington the democrats are saying well, if he loses maybe we could pass it in the lame duck session before he actually takes a seat or hold it up, claim's recount. ask for a recount to. me that is crazy talk because if you have an earthquake you can't just then do some monkey business and pass a lame duck session a major piece of legislation. >> do you agree that is crazy. >> i agree. you have ten days to certify the results. i mean the results are the results. and ten days are not required to do it. and david is right. >> anybody tried to play games they couldn't get away with it. >> no, they couldn't get away with it. >> this race has been nationalized. i mean the president, you know, is up or down vote on him whether he went there or didn't go there. so he has made the decision to go there to push all the chips into the middle of the table. >> but in a word, if by chance coakley does win and they maintain the 60 votes, does this deal today on health-care reform, not today, this week on health-care reform on these so-called cadillac plans, is that going
and then so now washington, in washington the democrats are saying well, if he loses maybe we could pass it in the lame duck session before he actually takes a seat or hold it up, claim's recount. ask for a recount to. me that is crazy talk because if you have an earthquake you can't just then do some monkey business and pass a lame duck session a major piece of legislation. >> do you agree that is crazy. >> i agree. you have ten days to certify the results. i mean the results are...
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yet driving from washington d.c. to may or washington state to arizona means passing through states that have weak drunk driving laws, did not ban text driving laws, did not ban text messaging, do not require that use a booster seat for your child, have life-threatening with -- life-threatening loopholes in teen driving laws and an adequate enforcement of seat belt and motorcycle helmet laws. and worst states, there were 10 in the green category. the top to in this category are the district of columbia, i got credit for 13.5 lost and the state of new jersey, with credit for 13 lost. the other states are illinois, thank you center, maryland, new york, north carolina, oregon, tennessee, minnesota, california, and washington. there are nine worst states this year. we added, unfortunately, six new states to that category. they are arizona, virginia, vt., pennsylvania, ohio, and nebraska. in order of ranking, the states in the worst category having fewer than half of these 15 basic laws are south dakota with only three of
yet driving from washington d.c. to may or washington state to arizona means passing through states that have weak drunk driving laws, did not ban text driving laws, did not ban text messaging, do not require that use a booster seat for your child, have life-threatening with -- life-threatening loopholes in teen driving laws and an adequate enforcement of seat belt and motorcycle helmet laws. and worst states, there were 10 in the green category. the top to in this category are the district of...
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jim webb the story this evening in the washington post. tim on the republican line joining from orlando. go ahead, please. >> caller: hi, tips for taking my call and congratulations to senator brown. bye calling in regards to -- i did vote for mccain and i looked at it as i'm going to graduate college in the next year and by understand [inaudible] i considered strongly voting for obama but i looked at it as an opportunity i supported everything obama said he could do and i hope he could do it but unfortunately i am seeing a lot of it hasn't come to fruition. so, with brown's victory, i'm looking as a republican victory we did have a filibuster and delete things in the government as a whole but we need more checks and balances on things such as health care and how we give our tax dollars going to things. a majority of americans have shown [inaudible] essentially i want more checks and balances, and my brother in law and my family lives up in massachusetts and half of them are liberals and the other half of them are republicans, so it's kind
jim webb the story this evening in the washington post. tim on the republican line joining from orlando. go ahead, please. >> caller: hi, tips for taking my call and congratulations to senator brown. bye calling in regards to -- i did vote for mccain and i looked at it as i'm going to graduate college in the next year and by understand [inaudible] i considered strongly voting for obama but i looked at it as an opportunity i supported everything obama said he could do and i hope he could...
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i love coming to washington, d.c. i always get so excited coming down on that train, this morning on my way down i turned around and looked and said is that dan rather. dan, how are you? we had a terrific conversation. that's the great thing about coming here. you meet all sorts of people from all walks of life. i'm alexis glick. i just departed fox business just a short while ago. i was the vice president over there and helped launch a business network that i hope you guys will continue to watch. i have many good friends over there. i'm about to embark on a new venture. i can't announce it yet but i'll be announcing it in the next month or two. anyhow, i am so pleased to be here today. and the foundation have been friends of mine for years now. without entrepreneurs, we don't have job creation and as married to a small business owner, my father being a small business own , a lot of entrepreneurs in my family, something i feel very, very strongly about and i want us to do more to empower the entrepreneurs and look at
i love coming to washington, d.c. i always get so excited coming down on that train, this morning on my way down i turned around and looked and said is that dan rather. dan, how are you? we had a terrific conversation. that's the great thing about coming here. you meet all sorts of people from all walks of life. i'm alexis glick. i just departed fox business just a short while ago. i was the vice president over there and helped launch a business network that i hope you guys will continue to...
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i did not come to washington to be a weather vane, i did not come to washington to applaud this president or the past president when i think i have not been correct. i have to give my honest judgment. the american people are hurting. they are asking for different approaches. i am trying to voice those concerns. if the president goes in a different direction, it is my obligation to try to persuade him to go in the direction the american people want. i don't see that as an attempt to fight the president. i view that as an attempt to represent my constituents and to the best i can for this country. host: let's take a call next from austin, bob on the republican line. caller: i was interested to know why we are spending so much money, or going to be spending so much money, defending people -- obama plays it down to make it sound like that even enemy combatants anymore. they are terrorists. we cannot seem to call them that. why are we spending millions of dollars to defend people who have admitted their guilt when the economy is struggling as bad as it is? it just seems more like me. -- seems
i did not come to washington to be a weather vane, i did not come to washington to applaud this president or the past president when i think i have not been correct. i have to give my honest judgment. the american people are hurting. they are asking for different approaches. i am trying to voice those concerns. if the president goes in a different direction, it is my obligation to try to persuade him to go in the direction the american people want. i don't see that as an attempt to fight the...
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it's happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. taxing before saving. and i think we can do better. as the 41st senator i can go down there and at least bring conversation back. it's broken, broken here and it's broken in washington. as the 60th senator, martha, debate will be cut off. and that's not good for democracy. that's not what our founding fathers wanted and i'm hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here and i appreciate what you've done, david. thank you very much. >> mr. david kennedy. >> thank you for moderating this this evening and for everybody coming out. this election a week from now is about the small government candidate against the big government candidate. what you need scott will spend money on war, martha will spend money on healthcare. but the reality is, who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money? or do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i'm the only candidate that will go out there and i will cut spending. i will
it's happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. taxing before saving. and i think we can do better. as the 41st senator i can go down there and at least bring conversation back. it's broken, broken here and it's broken in washington. as the 60th senator, martha, debate will be cut off. and that's not good for democracy. that's not what our founding fathers wanted and i'm hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being...
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you write that the race could reshape the balance of power in washington. how would it do that? >> well, if scott brown, a republican, is elected that means that the gop would have 41 seats ending the democrats filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the senate. effectively what would mean democrats in the senate could not push legislation through in a fashion that they've been able to in the past few months since minnesota's senator al franken gave them that 60th seat. so it would basically be something of a roadblock, you know, before the democratic majority could stymie not just an immediate issue but a number of issues the democrats are hoping to pursue. >> what other agenda items are you talking about? >> well, for example, financial regulation of wall street. if they can get to an energy bill, if they can get to an immigration bill. those are just three items that, you know -- without having 60 seats could make it harder for democrats to pursue their agenda this year. >> what about the midterm elections. how would had this raise affect that? >> well, there's the substantive i
you write that the race could reshape the balance of power in washington. how would it do that? >> well, if scott brown, a republican, is elected that means that the gop would have 41 seats ending the democrats filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the senate. effectively what would mean democrats in the senate could not push legislation through in a fashion that they've been able to in the past few months since minnesota's senator al franken gave them that 60th seat. so it would basically...
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it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard, texting bush pour sieving. 44 senator i can go down there and elise bring conversation back. it is broken like it is here in massachusetts broken and broken in washington. as the 60th center debate will be cut off and that is not what our founding fathers wanted and i am hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here in depreciably bealeton david. >> mr. kennedy. >> david, thank you for moderating this evening in thanks everybody for coming up. this election is really about the economy in the future. this is about big government candidates and what you really need to ask yourself this scott will spend money on war, martha will spend money on health care but the reality is who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money or do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i am the only candidate who will go out there and i will cut spending. i will r
it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard, texting bush pour sieving. 44 senator i can go down there and elise bring conversation back. it is broken like it is here in massachusetts broken and broken in washington. as the 60th center debate will be cut off and that is not what our founding fathers wanted and i am hopeful i get the opportunity on january 19th and i appreciate everybody being here in depreciably bealeton david. >> mr....
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brown goes to washington. guest: the real question is, now that they have arrived, what can they accomplish? what we hear from voters time and again it is what can they do? how will you work together to get these things done, on drums, the economy, health care, -- jobs, the economy, health care, global warming? host: next phone call. caller: i could not believe with senator kennedy being sick, the democrat party did not look forward and see the position they were in. this is a senator who championed a lot of wonderful things for the people. i feel as if republicans got on top of this right away. they did a great job getting the word out. they have a nice looking guy, he talks well. that is the way the health care bill is right now. this democratic party could have done a wonderful thing for the country. even the president had not been up front delivering a good mission -- message to the people. host: amy walter? guest: all good points. fundamentally, this will be the issue for the 2010 campaign. democrats need
brown goes to washington. guest: the real question is, now that they have arrived, what can they accomplish? what we hear from voters time and again it is what can they do? how will you work together to get these things done, on drums, the economy, health care, -- jobs, the economy, health care, global warming? host: next phone call. caller: i could not believe with senator kennedy being sick, the democrat party did not look forward and see the position they were in. this is a senator who...
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the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and hurting what we have? that is one of the differences between martha coakley and i. at a time when we just do not needed. i would propose going and allowing states to do this individually with the government incentivizing it. we can export what we have done and show them how to do it. i am looking forward to be the party -- the 41st vote and get that plan back to the drawing board. >> thank you for hosting us here this evening. i would be proud to be the 60th vote to make sure that we need health care reform that was so badly need. we have taken the lead here in massachusetts, and now we are attac
the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and...
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. >> gregg: molly henneberg is live in washington. molly, president says the u.s. has had its eye on al-qaeda in yiyz for a while. >> molly: yes, in the broader arabian peninsula, president said they have gone on the attack previously. take a listen. >> in recent years they bombed yemeni places. i have ordered to strengthen our with the yemeni government and working them to strike al-qaeda terrorists. >> molly: yemen in response as you were saying, has sent hundreds of troops to two mountainous eastern provinces where the government has little control to try to root out the terrorists there. >> gregg: the president has used the phrase war on terror only once before since taking office. does he use it to industry describe it for the failed bombing plot? >> not war on terror. obama administration doesn't like that phrase used frequently during the bush administration. he describes the plot, as an attempted act of terrorism. he has made it clear that the u.s. is at war against, quote a far-reaching of violence and hatred and the u.s. will do whatever it takes to defea
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. >> washington journal continues. host: our guest is james ki thetfioeld a national correspondent. -- majes kitfield. james kitfield. what prompted you to write this piece? >> guest: we have seen this program for a while. in the last year-and-a-half, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of broken strikes. there's a controversy last summer when the cia director told congress there is a secret program establishing hit squads to fight and kill terrorists around the world. that caused a big furor. we should probably shun some more light on a secret program to target assassinations. we know very little about this. we don't know what the evidenciary bar is to get people a list. we don't know who was involved but that is becoming clearer after my re- 40. -- reporting. jarratt things they think they could do to take lives. host: what did people do to put that on this list for consideration? guest: after 9/11, president bush had an executive order that had word in their to target people in the war on terror. it was
. >> washington journal continues. host: our guest is james ki thetfioeld a national correspondent. -- majes kitfield. james kitfield. what prompted you to write this piece? >> guest: we have seen this program for a while. in the last year-and-a-half, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of broken strikes. there's a controversy last summer when the cia director told congress there is a secret program establishing hit squads to fight and kill terrorists around the world....
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washington d.c. has done an abysmal job of securing our borders. >> both the governor and the senator continued to give lip service to a problem that is plaguing taxes. it is hurting all of us. immigrants and citizens alike. we must get serious about illegal immigration i. we must stand up against washington d.c., a primary reason for the rising health- care costs is a federal legislation that we need to stop those incentives. >> i wish we had more time for all of this. we are at the end of our debate portion. we have time for closing statements. >> many of you have had to work very hard to ensure that we had a voice on this stage tonight. i hope you can tell by my answers that i would lead us along the path less traveled and that will make all the different for taxes. we have a real opportunity here to restore true private property m&=[wçy
washington d.c. has done an abysmal job of securing our borders. >> both the governor and the senator continued to give lip service to a problem that is plaguing taxes. it is hurting all of us. immigrants and citizens alike. we must get serious about illegal immigration i. we must stand up against washington d.c., a primary reason for the rising health- care costs is a federal legislation that we need to stop those incentives. >> i wish we had more time for all of this. we are at...
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it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. i think we can do better. i can go down there and bring conversations back. as the 60th senator, debate will be cut off and that is not good for democracy. i hope i get the opportunity on january 19. i appreciate everyone being here and what you have done. >> thank you for moderating and thanks for coming out. this election a week from now is about the economy and about the future. this is about big government candidates against a small government canada. what you need to ask yourself is, scott will spend money on war. martha will spend money on health care. who do you want to spend your money? do you want the government to spend your money? do you want to make those decisions for yourself? i am the only candidate who will cut spending. i will repeal obamacare and file legislation to end the wars and bring that money back to the people of massachusetts and the rest of the country. i will audit the federal reserve. i am willing to cut the spending. you have to ask yourself, would you w
it is happening in washington. washington is starting to act like massachusetts in that regard. i think we can do better. i can go down there and bring conversations back. as the 60th senator, debate will be cut off and that is not good for democracy. i hope i get the opportunity on january 19. i appreciate everyone being here and what you have done. >> thank you for moderating and thanks for coming out. this election a week from now is about the economy and about the future. this is...
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washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the republicans did not do a day's work since they were in office. we are paying them some $100,000 per year to a creek. how many jobs did the republicans make? not one. guest: i think that he is emblematic of many people's an ger out there when they look at washington as a dysfunctional entity good with democrats and republicans. as a political strategist a think both karen are aware that the american public has increasingly desired fast results. it is one of the down sides of technology. people are looking for the instant reaction and also for the instant solut
washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the...
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outside of washington, big trouble for the democratic governor of illinois. on january 9, the state house voted to impeach rod blagojevich for abusing his power. including allegedly trying to sell the senate seat vacated by barack obama. ten days later roland burris was sworn in and he admitted trying to raise funds by blagojevich. blagojevich was removed from office january 29. burris says he won't run again. when we come back, the president decides to stimulate the struggling economy and ignite a year-long debate. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does charlie daniels play a mean fiddle? ♪ fiddle music charlie:hat's how you do it son. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> bret: welcome back. the president started out february 2009 by announcing that the white house would have direct supervision over the 2010 census. well, republicans immediately said president obama was trying to politicize the census, which among other things determines congressional redistricting. in mid-fe
outside of washington, big trouble for the democratic governor of illinois. on january 9, the state house voted to impeach rod blagojevich for abusing his power. including allegedly trying to sell the senate seat vacated by barack obama. ten days later roland burris was sworn in and he admitted trying to raise funds by blagojevich. blagojevich was removed from office january 29. burris says he won't run again. when we come back, the president decides to stimulate the struggling economy and...
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welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. the man authorities say tried to blow up an american airliner on christmas day went before a judge today. correspondent steve brown has the story from detroit. in his first court appearance, umar farouk abdulmutallab through his attorney pled not guilty to all six counts in the federal indictment charging him with attempting to detonate a bomb concealed in his underwear aboard northwest flight 253. wearing a white t-shirt and olive pants, the nigerian national spoke softly as he confirmed he was not challenging being held without bond. standing with abdulmutallab, miriam ceiver, one of three public dependers with strong reputations. >> i would describe them as the a-plus team. they are extraordinary lawyers, individually and, and they will be extraordinary defense team as a group. >> bret: although it was thought that abdulmutallab's father would be at the arraignment, he was not. >> let him through. let him through. >> bret: instead, on hand was one person from the nigerian embassies
welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. the man authorities say tried to blow up an american airliner on christmas day went before a judge today. correspondent steve brown has the story from detroit. in his first court appearance, umar farouk abdulmutallab through his attorney pled not guilty to all six counts in the federal indictment charging him with attempting to detonate a bomb concealed in his underwear aboard northwest flight 253. wearing a white t-shirt and olive pants, the nigerian...
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asia, china's rise to military prominence vexes the region as japan redefines its relationship with washington. and will the world's largest defense program the joint strike fighter stay on track for become the major effort to fall into a self-defeating effort of rising costs and slipping schedules. thanks for joining us in this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. can you watch this on defense news tv.com. or e-mail me at defense news tv.com. have a great week.
asia, china's rise to military prominence vexes the region as japan redefines its relationship with washington. and will the world's largest defense program the joint strike fighter stay on track for become the major effort to fall into a self-defeating effort of rising costs and slipping schedules. thanks for joining us in this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. can you watch this on defense news tv.com. or e-mail me at defense news tv.com. have a great week.
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in washington, jim angle. fox news. >> rick: well, you've probably swiped that credit card a bunch of times over the past several weeks with the holidays. now that the shopping season has come to an end, it's time to look at those bills that are probably coming in the mail and some of the bills could be pretty big. so with the new year, how do you manage to get out of debt and quickly? joining us now with some tips is the ceo of bartman enterprises and the former ceo of commercial financial services, that he cans thanks for coming in. this is something that affects a lot of people out there. these bills are coming and i imagine that there are some people out there who probably already had debts to begin with before the shopping season. what do they do? i know one of your tips is to stop paying all your bills? >> well, good afternoon and yes, that's one of my tips, it sounds unconventional, almost sounds unamerican to be telling people to not pay their bills, but honestly nthis time in this recession and this e
in washington, jim angle. fox news. >> rick: well, you've probably swiped that credit card a bunch of times over the past several weeks with the holidays. now that the shopping season has come to an end, it's time to look at those bills that are probably coming in the mail and some of the bills could be pretty big. so with the new year, how do you manage to get out of debt and quickly? joining us now with some tips is the ceo of bartman enterprises and the former ceo of commercial...
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"washington journal." we go to the pentagon where we are expecting an update on haiti. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . [no audio]. >> we are expecting a video link from the unified task force in haiti. the pentagon is having a problem with the signal from haiti. we will have this news conference live want to get under way. "the new york times"report that the united nations is agreeing to send an additional 3500 soldiers and police officers to haiti. we will have the news conference live until it starts today as election day in massachusetts pretty special senatorial election. spoke to a reporter on this morning's "washington journal per-quo ♪ c." all eyes on bay state ballot. what is the turnout strategy for both candidates today? guest: i think on the democratic side, martha coakley's supporters -- democrats tend to have an evanish on the ground on election day because they outnumber republicans but they are trying to sto
"washington journal." we go to the pentagon where we are expecting an update on haiti. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . [no audio]. >> we are expecting a video link from the unified task force in haiti. the pentagon is having a problem with the signal from haiti. we will have this news conference live want to get under way. "the new york times"report that the united nations is agreeing to...
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last hundred years when you had high inflation high unemployment, stagflation, nothing we're doing in washington right now is promoting growth and certainly when you raise tax rates on businesses that dopt get employers to hire workers. >> paul: what could be big negative surprises in 2010 economically. >> what worries me, we're creating a bubble in the stock market and people are putting money in the stock market because of low interest rates. .10% and i think it's an artifical in many moves. >> paul: a correction coming, could this be the peak. >> no, i don't think this is the peak, but i think in this year, in 2010, that the stock market will, you know, the public will grow bigger and then-- >> all right, when we come back from obama's afghan surge to iran's troubled regime, a look at stories sure to make headlines across the globe in the year ahead. o >> from the left opposition to the afghan surge to iran's continued nuclear defiance, a world of troubles awaits the administration as the new year begins. and jason, particularly iran where democratic protests are continuing below the surface
last hundred years when you had high inflation high unemployment, stagflation, nothing we're doing in washington right now is promoting growth and certainly when you raise tax rates on businesses that dopt get employers to hire workers. >> paul: what could be big negative surprises in 2010 economically. >> what worries me, we're creating a bubble in the stock market and people are putting money in the stock market because of low interest rates. .10% and i think it's an artifical in...
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did he stay in washington the whole time? did he fly back to memphis and ply back -- fly back again? >> after we left he personally, in the car, dropped me off at the airport where i could get back to my job and then he and sonny took a commercial -- another commercial flight back to memphis. i think in his excitement about the visit, and we had a good friend, bill morris, who was the mayor back there, he was the one that got elvis as one of the 10 outstanding young americans which elvis mentioned to the president, who was one of those as well. then elvis, and i'm back in l.a., but he did make another trip and brought bill and a couple of people and he did not meet hoover. it was a lot harder to meet with j. edgar hoover than with the president. i can vouch for that. >> thank you. >> i'm just wondering, did you get to keep your job in l.a.? and how did the explanation go? >> very good one. great question. >> i did keep my job in l.a. there was no way i was going to tell them the truth. they would have never believed me. they
did he stay in washington the whole time? did he fly back to memphis and ply back -- fly back again? >> after we left he personally, in the car, dropped me off at the airport where i could get back to my job and then he and sonny took a commercial -- another commercial flight back to memphis. i think in his excitement about the visit, and we had a good friend, bill morris, who was the mayor back there, he was the one that got elvis as one of the 10 outstanding young americans which elvis...
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here is the way washington works. some people write memoirs and somehow those drafts might get into the possession of an investigative reporter. jack anderson was a very popular -- a merry go round, you turn to that book, and there was a story that came out and january 25, 1972. and you cannot see this. presley gets narcotics bureau badge. this is not exactly of hot new story. this was a year later, but the memoirs had gone to jack anderson. he got in our tax badge -- a narcotics badge? and he describes the first meeting that he had with elvis, and then my call later on, john and i were good friends and i felt badly about making the call, but not so bad right now. >> you've got a bit of the toward the white house. what didn't elvis say when he saw the situation room? >> he was a huge film buff. there was a film called "dr. strange love,"which we saw 15 times and our private screening rooms. els could "every part. he could "peter sellars talking to itself, george c. scott, he was a great actor. there was a part in thei
here is the way washington works. some people write memoirs and somehow those drafts might get into the possession of an investigative reporter. jack anderson was a very popular -- a merry go round, you turn to that book, and there was a story that came out and january 25, 1972. and you cannot see this. presley gets narcotics bureau badge. this is not exactly of hot new story. this was a year later, but the memoirs had gone to jack anderson. he got in our tax badge -- a narcotics badge? and he...
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washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i'm always concerned about the potential of unforeseen consequences of new regulations. regulation of any kind act as a tax, and when you tax to regulate something, you tend to get less of it. you tend to diminish it. >> republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create of national broad grand plan. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "american icons" -- three original documentaries from c- span now available on dvd. a unique journey through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. see the exquisite detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours into those rarely seen spaces of "the white house -- america's most famous home." and explore the history, art, and architecture of "the capitol," one of america's most symbolic structures. "american icons" -- a three- disc dvd set. it is $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online at c- span.org/store. >> as ne
washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i'm always concerned about the potential of unforeseen consequences of new regulations. regulation of any kind act as a tax, and when you tax to regulate something, you tend to get less of it. you tend to diminish it. >> republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create of national broad grand plan. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "american icons" -- three original...
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jefferson college in washington p.a. there's been discussion and overworry and underworry about the media of the president. do you think the president should be this exposed out in the media and in the public or do you feel that people are overreacting? >> i think the media likes to make a story about how overexposed barack obama is. i'm not sure that regular people really care that much about it. if the media hadn't been the ones talking about it so much over the autumn. >> as members of the media, i have to say, i mean, i could see both sides of this, but on your -- the one main point that is the media driving it, i talk to a lot of real people back home oral not just in the beltway, so are saying of time i turn on a tv, obama is on all five sunday shows, then he's on the cooking channel, then he's on espn, talking baseball or whatever, and that's fine. you know, on the other side of it, i will say i think there was a lot of, you know, pundits, overdoing that he was over exposed, because you know, frankly, it's a free
jefferson college in washington p.a. there's been discussion and overworry and underworry about the media of the president. do you think the president should be this exposed out in the media and in the public or do you feel that people are overreacting? >> i think the media likes to make a story about how overexposed barack obama is. i'm not sure that regular people really care that much about it. if the media hadn't been the ones talking about it so much over the autumn. >> as...
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"washington journal" continues. host: in states as a way to acclimate you on what's happening around the country. those states facing the top five budget deficil9ñ arizona with 2 billion. california at 6.3 billion. illinois five billion. new york almost 3 point 5 billion. scott, scott pattison is the director, good morning. thanks for being with us. these state haves a requirement to balance the budget. caller: that's correct. it's very difficult for them. they're not a national government. states don't have that option. they have to balance like we do in our family budgets. host: we heard from governor schwarzenegger in his statement and governor scott pattison but one of the things coming out of schwarzenegger's budget is expectations that the federal government with it's 12,000,000 overall debt will come to the rescue for states like california. how many states are counting on this? guest: california is asking for well over 6 million in additional funds an" obviously there's a lot of issues associated with that
"washington journal" continues. host: in states as a way to acclimate you on what's happening around the country. those states facing the top five budget deficil9ñ arizona with 2 billion. california at 6.3 billion. illinois five billion. new york almost 3 point 5 billion. scott, scott pattison is the director, good morning. thanks for being with us. these state haves a requirement to balance the budget. caller: that's correct. it's very difficult for them. they're not a national...
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>> i got to learn a lot on politics, and how they work inside washington. i learned about issues and concerns that people and the workers and government house. as. >> who have you seen on the stage that is open your own eyes? >> there are a lot of speakers. i would say mr. zerati, the admiral, and also the speakers on health care. they have helped me understand, especially with health care reform, how things work and what they are trying to do with the bill. >> do you belong to a party? >>no. >> why not to? >> i consider myself independent. there are some things i agree with democrats and i agree with republicans. i prefer to be independent. >> joran for the president of the student center? what does that mean and what was your platform? student senate, you ran for president. >> what was a good experience -- that was a good experience. >> what were the issues? >> there are many issues in our school -- to wish him, and other things -- tuition, and other things. i had to work with many organizations to make things work in our community. >> how much is your tu
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new style of politics in washington. and the style he has brought has been far more of the backroom, if you will, bribery type of arrangement that we've seen in many, many years. >> greta: why? why has he made those promises about having it open and everybody have a seat at the table for instance? why since you don't think he has kept those promises didn't he or hasn't he? >> i can't guess to his motivation other than the fact has been unsuccessful in his first year. has not been able to accomplish virtually anything. as a result he's pinning all of his hopes on seeing something happen with health care what has occurred of course he's created a monster. this health care bill this being fashioned by the two houses doesn't make any sense and it ought to be jammed and they ought to start over again. but he's got to get some success so he's pushing so hard. he doesn't want people to see how ugly the process is and how bad this bill is. >> greta: in 2006 when were you governor in massachusetts they passed the health care that
new style of politics in washington. and the style he has brought has been far more of the backroom, if you will, bribery type of arrangement that we've seen in many, many years. >> greta: why? why has he made those promises about having it open and everybody have a seat at the table for instance? why since you don't think he has kept those promises didn't he or hasn't he? >> i can't guess to his motivation other than the fact has been unsuccessful in his first year. has not been...
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and so on the part of the editor and the publisher tft "washington post" it was an -- of "the washington post," it was an extremely important and gutsy decision. because sometimes the evidence was not absolutely there. it seemed to be moving toward a conclusion, but it wasn't there. and then of course if the u.s. government at that time under president nixon asked the attorney general to put out an injunction to stop "the washington post" from publication. which could have been a direct interference with freedom of the press. so the supreme court ruled the right way a week or two later. it all happen very, very swiftly. the impact of the story was enormous. it led to the toppling of the government, to the resignation of a president, two steps ahead of almost certain impeachment. it put the country into a terrible tailspin and i would submit that we're still not out of that. and it ignited in young journalists the belief that they could automatically become a woodward or a burn stein. so on the one hand the excitement into doing investigative reporting is very good. president overexciteme
and so on the part of the editor and the publisher tft "washington post" it was an -- of "the washington post," it was an extremely important and gutsy decision. because sometimes the evidence was not absolutely there. it seemed to be moving toward a conclusion, but it wasn't there. and then of course if the u.s. government at that time under president nixon asked the attorney general to put out an injunction to stop "the washington post" from publication. which...
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host: one view from the "washington post". yemen a state that must be saved. they're problems are many and some are spreading beyond borders. security and stability are deteriorating. population is growing rapidly. the economy is collapsing and there's few good options and things will look worse tomorrow and sustain international attention is needed to lessen the impact. yemen is a weak state with little history of central government control. civil war in the north and growing succession movement in the couth. al qaeda is now reinsurgent. the government doesn't fully control all the territory nor does it have the authority and capacity to add quality deliver social services in many rural areas. organizations like al qaeda seek refuge in these such places. independent line? caller: how are you? yeah, um... i do understand mr. obama does what he can but the idea dub thing amount that the u.s. and gives to yemen on aid is actually just - this is a place where we've known that terrorists have been training. giving them a means and encouraging them. okay. we have t
host: one view from the "washington post". yemen a state that must be saved. they're problems are many and some are spreading beyond borders. security and stability are deteriorating. population is growing rapidly. the economy is collapsing and there's few good options and things will look worse tomorrow and sustain international attention is needed to lessen the impact. yemen is a weak state with little history of central government control. civil war in the north and growing...
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but, it would that be only washington dc. i don't know what happened to the cia, all of these things. i am asking you to be a little patience with haiti, but having said so, i think ambassador noriega said something in his introduction that is fitting. haitians are very resilient i even see a silver lining in what happened on january 12th. on april 30th, 2004 i wrote a column for the now defunct new york sun, and i had one phrase there, a sentence, port-au-prince is a mammoth catastrophe waiting to happen. i made that comment because coming from the air in the american airlines, i was looking at the city, the that i had left 13 years earlier and i saw all of these match boxes over the hills. and, the mountain is the backdrop to port-au-prince mount hospital was disfigured, and i wrote to, unless something is done immediately, big chunks of this city will be gone into the caribbean sea. at the time i did not see an earthquake. haiti, being in the hurricane ali, i saw a major hurricane that would have wiped all of these flimsy
but, it would that be only washington dc. i don't know what happened to the cia, all of these things. i am asking you to be a little patience with haiti, but having said so, i think ambassador noriega said something in his introduction that is fitting. haitians are very resilient i even see a silver lining in what happened on january 12th. on april 30th, 2004 i wrote a column for the now defunct new york sun, and i had one phrase there, a sentence, port-au-prince is a mammoth catastrophe...
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yes, politics plays a part of everything in washington. it does not need to dominate discussions about protecting the united states against an attack. host: north carolina on the republican line. caller: what was said before that, the same policies are in effect between the bush administration and the current administration -- that is not true. they have changed the chain of command drastically when they took the cia and made it a role rather e rather than the than the primary role and the fbi has moved up to the primary role. do you have anything to say about that? >> guest: well, i mean, again, there's a lot of changing of roles that occurred after september 11 where now there's the director of national intelligence. and that the cia reports to and the fbi, you know, plays a much bigger role in investigating domestic mostly terrorist plots. but again, i don't know -- i mean, there have been significant policy changes regarding the treatment of suspects, you know, by the obama administration. but i don't know that there's been a significa
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caroline shively has been looking into that from washington. i understand the cia plays a big role in the unmanned drone program. tell us about that. >> sure, gregg. chapman is reportedly where a lot of the manage for unmanned drone strikes are originated, not the execution, not the launch, that's done elsewhere, but the guys at chapman help figure out how to target in afghanistan and across the border in pakistan. now, this attack on chapman proves how dangerous a mission it is for cia agents there, but it's also incredibly complicated. many analysts say the cia is basically orchestrating the war in pakistan, something the pakistani government denies and that the cia wasn't talk about. also important, there was another drone missile strike just today in the waziristan region of pakistan along the afghan border, it killed three suspected militants in a car. it's a second strike there in just two days, gregg. >> caroline, how is the cia's mission different from that of the military? >> well, there's definitely some overlap. cia agents aren't jus
caroline shively has been looking into that from washington. i understand the cia plays a big role in the unmanned drone program. tell us about that. >> sure, gregg. chapman is reportedly where a lot of the manage for unmanned drone strikes are originated, not the execution, not the launch, that's done elsewhere, but the guys at chapman help figure out how to target in afghanistan and across the border in pakistan. now, this attack on chapman proves how dangerous a mission it is for cia...
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outside the washington political radar. for somebody who is new to twitter you don't know where to turn or which communities to go to but if you get a bead on the right, the labels that gives you a sense of which communities are forming, top conservative on twitter was the first big go to place on the right for people to congregate. there is a lot of local -- colorado conservative have their own cash tags. then there is a lot of funny stuff on twitter. i discovered the same thing that attracted me to the blogowsphere where you could find people funnier, smarter and more informative than most of the people you read in the newspapers. >> host: david carr has a column in the new york times saying twitter is here to say and it is not just a fad. you refer to books as dead trees. our books going away? >> guest: obviously this is the future of books. i read an interview with one of those magazines that will go by the wayside soon, an interview with jeff business. he talked about predicting dead tree books would be gone one day ve
outside the washington political radar. for somebody who is new to twitter you don't know where to turn or which communities to go to but if you get a bead on the right, the labels that gives you a sense of which communities are forming, top conservative on twitter was the first big go to place on the right for people to congregate. there is a lot of local -- colorado conservative have their own cash tags. then there is a lot of funny stuff on twitter. i discovered the same thing that attracted...
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that is "the washington post." after the speech the present plans to take a newly energized populist message on the rose in the coming days, voters to florida and new hampshire, both 2010 battleground states, that he will fight for them. also the overripe -- overriding theme of the state of the union address scheduled for 9:00 p.m. eastern time is the economy. the president will describe detailed initiatives court middle-class families. details you can look forward to in the president's speech to not -- tonight. denver on the independent line. you are next. caller: thanks a lot, greta, you are doing a great job. host: what are your thoughts about the speech tonight? what would you like to hear? caller: there are a lot of things i would like to hear but specifically i would like for the president to talk about what he plans to do about local crime that is rampant across the country, and i would also like for the president -- all classes of americans, he needs to address that, i think. and all the callers calling in
that is "the washington post." after the speech the present plans to take a newly energized populist message on the rose in the coming days, voters to florida and new hampshire, both 2010 battleground states, that he will fight for them. also the overripe -- overriding theme of the state of the union address scheduled for 9:00 p.m. eastern time is the economy. the president will describe detailed initiatives court middle-class families. details you can look forward to in the...
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they did not trust washington. their trust in obama is plunging. somebody has got to make this democracy work, so if he can get a health care bill through, and it will not take effect for years, so you're not going to see any impact from it, but it is an accomplishment. it is showing that somehow out of the chaos, he could get something large done. i think that might make people more confident about what else he can achieve, and it is going to modestly restore capital. i do not want to overstate that. the senate is not going to want to go to the next divisive issue, which is climate change and talk about, let's talk about raising the cost of fuels. i do not see that happening. i agree with the underlying point, which is that so far this has been a president that is almost passive. he has been willing to lay out broad goals and led his party take rains, and the results are not beautiful, but the fundamental question is, compared to what? had he tried to lay out the template for health-care reform in the beginning, my guess is it would look nothing l
they did not trust washington. their trust in obama is plunging. somebody has got to make this democracy work, so if he can get a health care bill through, and it will not take effect for years, so you're not going to see any impact from it, but it is an accomplishment. it is showing that somehow out of the chaos, he could get something large done. i think that might make people more confident about what else he can achieve, and it is going to modestly restore capital. i do not want to...
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the clerk: washington, d.c, january 19, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby air.int the honorable benjamin . ca signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. january 20, store. >> "washington journal"store. continues. host: peter deshazo is at >> host: peter is the director for the americas program at the center for strategic a this is a headline from monday's "new york times." u.s. role in haiti after the crisis. and it >> host: how do you strike the right balance? >> guest: the right balance is giving enough support to one the haitian people and two the haitian government that they can eventually handle the affairs of their country on their own without being overbearing. it's a difficult challenge. you're standing up basically a country that has started over and over again to try to build the most basic institutions in government. and to build an economy that'
the clerk: washington, d.c, january 19, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby air.int the honorable benjamin . ca signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. january 20, store. >> "washington journal"store. continues. host: peter deshazo is at >> host: peter is the director for the americas program at the...